Swarf

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swarf \Swarf\, v. i. [Cf. {Swerve}.]
     To grow languid; to faint. [Scot.] "To swarf for very
     hunger." --Sir W. Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Swarf \Swarf\, n. [Cf. {Swerve}.]
     The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.
     [Prov. Eng.]
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